Re: fern cries

 And on my Drynaria ferns, I often see ants 'head-down' in the nectaries,
sipping on the liquid. This only occurs as the frond is unrolling on my
species. I commonly see this on D. sparsisora - it is harder to detect on
D. rigidula since the nectaries are on the pinnae stalks and somewhat
less obvious.

Cheers,

Peter Bostock
Brisbane
Queensland
Australia

On Sat Jul 14 8:03 , valdy pierozynski sent:

  Hi Guys

  The Drynarias (e.g. D. quercifolia, D. sparsisora) have these
  nectaries on the underside of the fronds at the junctions of rachis
  and pinna as well. In warm weather you can sometimes see the drops of
  "nectar" glistening.

  Cheers

  Valdy

  MATT BUSBY <matt4u@b topenworld.com> wrote:
  My understanding is that common bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) has
  necteries at the junction of the rachis and pinna but I cannot recall
  a species with them on the underside of the frond.
  Matt Busby

  regferns@aol.c om wrote:
  There are several ferns that have nectaries for ants.? Suzanne Koptur
  did a wonderful article on these .Ant Protection of the Nectaried
  Fern Polypodium plebeium in Central Mexico??
  Suzanne Koptur, Victor Rico-Gray, Monica Palacios-Rios
  American Journal of Botany, Vol. 85, No. 5 (May, 1998), pp. 736-739
  doi:10.2307/2446544

  Reggie Whitehead
  South Miami, FL

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Guertin, Darryl A. (North Houston)
  To: ferns@hort.net
  Sent: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:37 am
  Subject: RE: [ferns] fern cries

  This kind of feature is normally intended to either attract bugs for
  pollination, or trap them as a defensive measure, to prevent
  consumption. I have never heard of a fern with this feature though?!?
  Then again, I've never heard of this species either, so...

  Best,

  Darryl

  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-fern s@hort.net [owner-ferns@hort.net','','','')">owner-fern
  s@hort.net] On Behalf Of
  MATT BUSBY
  Sent: 13 July 2007 05:39
  To: ferns@hort.net
  Subject: Re: [ferns] fern cries

  Presumably these are glandular hairs...many plants posess glandular
  hairs. I cannot think of a fern sp. at the moment but I am sure there
  are some with glandular hairs.

  Matt Busby

  Otto Ganss wrote:
  Hi all,

  i noticed on my Polypodium sanctae-rosae only on the latest fronds
  with
  ripe spores some "tear"drops.Its a clear,sticky and gluelike fluid.
  Does anybody know what it is please???

  Habit
  http://www.bambusarium.de/exoten/Forumbilder/rosae2.jpg

  frond detail 1
  http://www.bambusarium.de/exoten/Forumbilder/rosae1.jpg

  detail 2
  http://www.bambusarium.de/exoten/Forumbilder/rosae.jpg

  regards

  Otto in Germany

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